An illustration of Vast’s Haven-1 space station docked with a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft in low Earth orbit. (Courtesy of Vast).
The world could have its first commercial space station operating in low Earth orbit as early as 2027.
Vast, a commercial space station company based in Long Beach, California—one of several private spacefaring companies working to provide NASA with a replacement to the aging International Space Station—released an update on the construction of its Haven-1 module on Jan. 20.
